释义
[ tuh -lef -uh -nee ] SHOW IPA
/ təˈlɛf ə ni / PHONETIC RESPELLING
SEE SYNONYMS FOR telephony ON THESAURUS.COM
noun the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.
a system of telecommunications in which telephonic equipment is employed in the transmission of speech or other sound between points, with or without the use of wires.
Origin of telephony First recorded in 1825–35; telephone + -y3
Words nearby telephony telephone receiver, telephone selling, telephone tag, telephonic, telephonist, telephony , telephoto, telephotograph, telephotography, telephoto lens, telephotometer
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for telephony Sometimes known as telephony metadata, this information is comprised of the time, duration and number dialed of a phone number.
Spy Chief: We Should’ve Told You We Track Your Calls | Eli Lake| February 18, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It's telephony 's biggest "killer app" since Skype or even voice-over-IP.
Is Apple the New Big Brother? | Douglas Rushkoff| August 11, 2009| DAILY BEAST
Telephony , it is clear, both from one's own experience and from reading the letters in the papers, is not yet an exact science.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. Lucas
This is a function that in telephony is scarcely of less importance than the purely transforming function.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster Miller
The foregoing are problems of making telegraphy a by-product of telephony .
Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 | Kempster Miller
Sometimes it is called a system of “multiplex” telephony because it permits more than one message at a time.
Letters of a Radio-Engineer to His Son | John Mills
Frequently in telephony , the electromagnets are provided with more than one winding.
Cyclopedia of Telephony & Telegraphy Vol. 1 | Kempster Miller
SEE MORE EXAMPLES SEE FEWER EXAMPLES
British Dictionary definitions for telephony noun a system of telecommunications for the transmission of speech or other sounds
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to telephony transmission, wireless, receiver, telegraphy, radiotelegraphy, radiotelegraph, radiotelephone, radionics, shortwave